A US soldier sits atop an armoured vehicle during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds against Turkish threats next to a base for the US-led international coalition on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain town in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border on October 6, 2019. - US forces in Syria started pulling back today from Turkish border areas, opening the way for Ankara's threatened military invasion and heightening fears of a jihadist resurgence. DELIL SOULEIMAN
Presidential candidate Joe Biden will demand hard political reforms from Bashar Al-Assad's regime and Russia if Syria is to receive US reconstruction funding, according to Arabic-language media.
An adviser for Biden, the Democrats candidate for president, told a group of Syrians that if elected he will not soften US policy towards the Assad regime, according to Alsharq Alawsat, which is responsible for the majority of the 500,000 deaths during the war.
The regime must ease its hold on power, address the refugee issue, and release detainees if reconstruction money is to be unlocked, the report said.
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Update: A Biden Administration Would Keep a Military Presence in Syria (Antiwar)
WNU Editor: Syria is not the only place where US forces will remain and/or be increased. My gut tells me that US involvement in all of these forever wars around the world is about to increase.
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